r/ <C"'< **\ -*v ‘ , Or. Bryce Jordan, new Penn State president, with Sam Smith, Dean of, Ag College. Honorary life PVATA memberships are presented to retirees, from the left. C. Allen Carrington, Samuel E. Hayes, Charles Huffman, John Kim mel, Edward E. Heyler and John Crosbie. Also receiving honor were John Liggett, Herman Bass and Paul J3arnhart. You get more than money, get the services of a friend Hamilton Bank. Hamilton Bank believes that agriculture is the backbone of America... that the family farm is the cornerstone of agriculture 1n our area. That's why one of the bank’s primary objectives is to serve - and help preserve - the family farm. That’s why Hamilton Bank has developed an entire range of financing, credit, trust and estate services. And our Hamilton Bank manager extends these services - right to your home. You probably know your Hamilton Bank manager already - he's a neighbor, a friend. He knows that with the value of farm production Harold Miller. Jr and Nancy (center) discussing their farm records with John Moose AVP and Assistant Director of Hamilton Bank s Agn-Fmance Department, along with Donald Weaver (left). Manager of the Stewartstown Office This family operation farms 1500 acres of gram of which they own 300 acres near Stewartstown m York County Jty -yi among vo-ag teachers include, from left, William Williams, Carl Everett, Rick French of Seald Sweet, Robert Stale FFA Citrus Champion Award Guy Naugle, PVATA president, of is presented by Rick French, right, of Red Lion, and Charles Mostoller, of Seald Sweet to Fred Stillwagen, ad- Conneaut Valley, toastmaster, visor at Lehigh County Vo-Tech. preside over vo-a§ teacher awards banquet. rising every year the need for capital goes up with it. And the need for. sound financial planning rises, too. He'll sit down with you, in your home, and discuss the full range of services that we’ve designed to help you meet your obligations now, and help you increase what you have to pass on to the next generation. Your Hamilton Bank manager will work with you in a relationship of mutual trust, and help keep your family farm secure and productive. If you believe that agriculture is still the backbone of America, talk to your friend at Hamilton Bank. You’ll find he feels the same way. Frederic Stillwagen, left, receives Sound Off for Agriculture Award from Sam Stensel, Executive Director of NVATA. you at HAMILTON BANK MW*WfO«C Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July .16,1983—A2! Gerald. Strickler. left, of ELCO, presdient-elect, presents past presi dent's plaque to Donald Reinert, of Kutztown. Vo-ag teachers (Continued from Page Al) some 13 percent short of filling the projected 59,000 jobs projected by the USDA in agriculture. Approximately 175 vo-ag teachers and guests attended the annual Professional and Technical Education Institute designed to sharpen teaching skills. Workshop areas m which the teachers participated included the use of microcomputers in agriculture, hydraulics for agriculture, small grains and soybean production, landscape design, diesel tractor main tenance, forestry, swine judging and carcass evaluation. In their annual banquet at the State College Elks Club, teachers were honored for their continued professional service, as well as the promotion of vo-ag. Twenty-five-year service wat ches went to Dr. William Williams, Carl Everett, Dr. Robert Herr and Dr. Robert Walker. Special recognition was given to Clifford Painter, retired vocational agriculture field consultant from Washington, Pa. His career of promoting, teaching and guiding students in vo-ag and FFA spanned more than a quareter century. Teachers honored in the 30- Minute Club for their preparation of news releases and articles in support of vo-ag included Drs. Sam Curtis, Edgar Yoder, James Diamond, Richard Stinson and Dennis Scanlon, Steve Miller, Earl Ferry and Fred Stillwagen. Vo-ag teacher at the Lehigh County Vo-Tech School, Stillwagen was also honored as a regional winner in the annual “Sound Off For Agriculture” contest. The competition honors those teachers doing outstanding jobs in promoting agriculture to the non farm community. For their efforts in promoting Ideas Unlimited - the sharing of unique teaching concepts - honored were Donald McNutt, Earl Ferry and Dave Seamans. The three-day institute was sponsored by the Bureau of Vocational Education of the Pa. Dept, of Education. Cooperating in presenting the program were the Dept, of Agricultural and Ex tension Education at Penn State and the Pa. Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association. 15
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